Stop and wire for check-row wires



(ModL) J. O. DUPEE.

"Stop and Wire for Check Row' Wire.

Patented S t. 21, 1880.

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JOHN G. DUPEE, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

STOP AND WIRE FOR CHECK-ROW WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,472, datedSeptember 21, 1880.

Application filed July 8, 18 80.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. DUPEE, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Stop and Wire for Check-RowWires, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in malleable-metal stop or knotsfor use with either a sectional or contin nous wire as used oncheck-rows for corn-planters, that is cheaply made, readily attached,and that is not liable to be torn Off in use and it consists ofaspherical ball provided with suitable channels for securing the wire orwires. One of these channels, being circular, forms a rivet, preferablytubular, that is closed in and secures the wire or wires to the stop;also, in the form of the wire or wires to fit said channels. I attainthis object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan of stop and wire for checkrow corn-planters,showing application of sectional wires. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionon the dotted lines at m, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan of stop and wire,showing application of continuous wire.

In Fig. 1, at A is shown the spherical stop provided with the sidechannels, a a, deep enough so that the wire or wires go to the center ofthe stop. B is the tubular rivet formed by the circular channel I).

O 6' represent the wire, made in sections of a suitable length at whichit is desired to plant the rows of corn apart. Each end is formed with aloop similar to that shown in the drawings, only enough wire being usedto go around the tubular rivet. The loops of two separate pieces areplaced in the side and circular channels, and the tubular rivet openedwith a conical set, so as to close, or partially close, the circularchannel, thus securing the loops therein.

V It is obvious that the tubular rivet may be dispensed with and a solidrivet used, projecting sufficiently beyond the diameter of the (ModeL)spherical ball to allow of a head being formed thereon, so as to closethe channels.

Fig. 3 shows the application of the same form of stop to a continuouswire. An offset, 0, is made in the wire, which is placed in thechannels, as shown in the drawings, forming a head on the rivet, whichsecures the stop to the wire, as above described. The wire may be madeso as to completely encircle the rivet. When a sectional wire is usedmaterialis saved, as the loop need only encircle the rivet; and in thecontinuous wire material may be saved by using the offset.

This stop does notrequire bending in the bodyin order to fasten it tothe wire, as heretofore stops that require closing the body onto thecard so often break in the operation of closing that it is not onlyannoying but expensive.

For repairs the loop can be easily made by the user on forms, and thestops applied without the use of machinery.

I am aware that prior to my invention stops for check-row cords havebeen patented that were provided with pins, around which the cord wastwisted, or that went between the strands of the cord, and that the bodyof the stop was closed around the cord; but this I do not claim; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A malleable-metal stop for check-row. wire, provided with channelsfor the reception of the wire or wires, one of said channels forming arivet for securin g the stop thereto, as set forth.

2. The tubular rivet B in a stop for checkrow wire, as shown anddescribed.

3. A check-row wire provided with the offset or loop for continuous andthe loops for sectional wire, and adapted to use with stops forcheck-row wire, as set forth.

Witnesses: JOHN G. DUPEE.

CHARLES M. FLETCHER, JOHN S. BIXBY.

